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Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions

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Coordinates: 33°45′08″N 84°23′07″W / 33.752103°N 84.385283°W / 33.752103; -84.385283
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The Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions contains the nursing school and school of allied health professions at Georgia State University.

History

The school is named after Byrdine F. Lewis, the mother of Kenneth Lewis, a former CEO of Bank of America and an alumnus of Georgia State. Ken's mother was a nurse, and he donated $2.5 million as an endowment in her honor.[1] The school was originally part of the College of Health and Human Sciences, but was restructured to its current configuration. The School of Nursing's offices are located in the Urban Life Building, along with the College of Law. On August 1st, 2017, the institute was renamed from Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions to Byrdine F. Lewis College of Nursing and Health Professions

Degree programs

  • Health Informatics
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition
  • Occupational Therapy
  • Physical Therapy
  • Respiratory Therapy

Nursing

The School of Nursing within the college offers degrees in nursing leading to eligibility to become a registered nurse or an advanced practice registered nurse.

Undergraduate

Graduate

  • Post-Master’s Certificate
  • Adult health clinical nurse specialist / Adult nurse practitioner
  • Child health clinical nurse specialist / Pediatric nurse practitioner
  • Family nurse practitioner
  • Family psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioner

Nutrition

The school offers degrees in clinical nutrition leading to eligibility to become a registered dietitian

Undergraduate

Graduate

Physical therapy

The school offers the Doctor of physical therapy degree.

Occupational therapy

The school offers a Master of Occupational Therapy degree.

Respiratory therapy

The school offers degrees in respiratory therapy leading to eligibility to become a Certified Respiratory Therapist or Registered Respiratory Therapist

Undergraduate

Graduate

References

  1. ^ About the Byrdine F. Lewis School of Nursing and Health Professions

33°45′08″N 84°23′07″W / 33.752103°N 84.385283°W / 33.752103; -84.385283

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